Habit 6 - Synergize

The books below provide examples for Habit #6, Synergize.

*Heat by Mike Lupica

• Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.

*Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes

• Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.
  • This book highlights how the fact that the fox did not synergize led to trouble. It could lead to a good discussion about how synergizing could have changed the outcome of the story.

*Peak by Roland Smith

• A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

*Sophie and the Perfect Poem by Sean Covey

• Ms. Hoot assigns Sophie and Biff as partners to write a poem, then encourages Sophie to open her eyes to the possibility that Biff is not as mean and scary as he seems and has some good ideas, too.